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A giant-screen documentary explores the history, faiths, and cultures that define Jerusalem.

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SYNOPSIS: LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES is a story about how the airplane has changed the world. Filmed in 18 countries across all 7 continents, it renews our appreciation for one of the most extraordinary and awe-inspiring aspects of the modern world. SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE: * Alaska Flying: Montage of deleted footage: airplanes exploring the remote Alaskan wilderness. * 3 Stories in 4 Minutes: Three stories: One Camera, Underwater in the Maldives, Journey to the South Pole. * Plane Spotting: A collection of the crew’s best takeoff & landing shots captured on 5 continents. * Flight Over Africa: The biplane sequence from the film Out of Africa re-created 30 years later. * Impossible Shots: Visual Effects Go behind-the-scenes and learn how the impossible shots in the film came to life. * Making of the Alaska House: Get an inside look at how the sequence in the Alaska House was created. * Hawaii [Deleted Scene]: One of the most remote places on Earth is almost exclusively visited by air. * Flower Sequence Deconstructed: A unique, real-time look inside one of the film’s most complex sequences. * Alaska Flying II: Same visuals as "Alaska Flying" with the addition of radio communications. * Seeing Aviation for the First Time: Witness aviation through the eyes of a group of kids in Kenya, Africa. * In-Flight Premiere: Experience a first-of-its-kind premiere as the film debuts on board an Emirates A380. SPOKEN LANGUAGES (FEATURE ONLY): * English DTS-HD Master Audio in 7.1 * French Dolby Digital 5.1 * Mandarin Chinese (Simplified) Dolby Digital 5.1 SUBTITLE LANGUAGES (FEATURE ONLY): * Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, English, English SDH, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin (Simplified), Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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Canyonlands is the little-known jewel of the American National Parks. This stark landscape of extraordinary features contains more than 300,000 acres of desert wilderness, towering spires and spectacular canyons. But this rugged terrain is more than a pretty picture–it is a history book of time. Its stories stretch from the geologic forces that created this land, to the beginnings of life on earth and from ancient people, to the cowboys and outlaws of the Old West. Venture beyond the tourist hotspots and discover the hidden secrets of Canyonlands National Park.

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Product Description In a special broadcast event, National Geographic explores the startling theory that Earths average temperature could rise six degrees Celsius by the year 2100. In this amazing and insightful documentary, National Geographic illustrates, one poignant degree at a time, the consequences of rising temperatures on Earth. Also, learn how existing technologies and remedies can help in the battle to dial back the global thermometer. Amazon.com In the 2004 eco-thriller The Day After Tomorrow, director Roland Emmerich dramatized the potential consequences of accelerated global warming. By combining stock footage with computer-generated imagery, the National Geographic special Six Degrees Could Change the World serves as a sort of nonfiction counterpoint. As NASA climate scientist James Hansen cautions, even two degrees Celsius represents a tipping point (from which there is no return). Based on Mark Lynas's Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet and narrated by Alec Baldwin, the program roams from the bushfire-ravaged suburbs of Southern Australia to the drought-stricken farmlands of Nebraska to the rapidly melting glaciers of Greenland. In the process, aerospace engineers, marine biologists, and ordinary citizens share their experiences and predictions. In the end, it's the actual events--rather than the speculative scenarios--that prove most alarming, like the 30,000 deaths that resulted from 2003's European heat wave. While a skeptic might dismiss that tragedy as a statistical anomaly, every continent bears the scars of climate change, like the deforestation of the Amazon and the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. In order to inject some levity, Six Degrees detours to look at a British grape grower who has actually benefited from his country'...